Bangladeshi Leader Calls on Myanmar to Take Rohingya Refugees Back

Myanmar's government on Monday faced growing pressure from the United Nations and protesters around the world over its violent military campaign that has already forced nearly 300,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee the country. Photo: Reuters

Associated Press

Sept. 12, 2017 5:26 a.m. ET

UKHIYA, Bangladesh—The Bangladeshi prime minister visited a refugee camp that has absorbed hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees and demanded that Myanmar “take steps to take their nationals back.”

“We will not tolerate injustice,” Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said at a rally Tuesday at the Kutupalong refugee camp, near the border town of Ukhiya in Cox’s Bazar district.